Rail tie and fastener



S. SUHAJDA AND K. AND T. J. ADAMOWSKI AND J. W. KUREY..

RAIL TIE AND'FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JUL'Y 3,1920.

Patented Mar. 1

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STEPHEN SUHAJDA AND KAROL ADAMOWSKL'OF OAKDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, AND

THEODORE JOHN ADAMOVISKI AN!) JOSEPH "v ALTER KUREY, OF WEIRTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

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Application filed July 3,1920. Serial rm. 393,895

Toail'whom itmag concern:

Belt known that we, STEP EN SUHAJDA and KARoL AnAMowsKI, citizens of the zens of the United States of America, re-

siding at vVeirton, county of Hancock, and State of West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Rail'Ties and Fasteners, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates broadly to track construction and more particularly to i a combined rail tie and fastener.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a tie having crossedrecesses in the upper face thereof for the reception of a rail and clamping means respectively, with improvedmeans for holding the clamping means i'nposition.

A further object of the present invention is to provide clamping means which may be adjusted from time to time as desired, to take up wear and prevent creeping of the rails under tractive influences. V

A still further object of the-present invention is to simplify rail fastening devices as heretofore constructed by minimizing the number of loose parts required.

The foregoing and other objects, together with their attendant advantages, will be apparent .as the invention becomes better understood, by reference .to the accompanying specification-and drawings forming a part thereof,it being premised that changes may be made in the various details andthe manner of operation, within the scope of the appended claims. without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Figure 1 is a: plan view partly broken away of arail tie constructed in accordance with the present invention, with a rail secured in position in oneend thereof;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of oneend of a tie having a rail in position therein;

Fig. 3 is a sectional, :view on the line IIIII1 of Fig. 1;, 1

Fig. l is a longitudinal sectional view through a portion of one end of a tie having a rail in position thereon;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line VV of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a sectional View on the line VI--VI of Fig. l; and

Fig. 7 are detail View of slightly mod'i-.

fied form of our invention.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pat nted M 1 1921 v We are aware that it has heretofore been proposed to construct'ties' having cross'edrecesses in the upper face thereof for the reception of clamping members, which clampin members have in turn been held in p0- sitionby rectangular blocks engaging the same; By means of the present invention the use of blocks is eliminated and the number of loose or movable parts thereby correspondingly decreased. Y i

. Referring more particularly to the draw-' ings, there is illustrated a tie 2 of any desired material and construction, having transversely extending recesses3 adjacent the opposite ends thereof for the reception of the base flanges of rails 4: of any usual or well known construction. These recesses are preferably ofa depth substantially equal to the height of the base flanges of the rails, so that at the point of unionbetween the rails and the ties an even surface is presented. Extending longitudinally of the tie and crossing the recesses 3 are supplemental recesses 5; having their side walls undercut as shown. At the end of each of the recesses 5 is a vertical opening 6 for the recept lQl of a bolt '7. The'width of each of the V recesses 3 is preferably slightly greater than the length of each of the undercut recesses 5, whereby clamping members maybe'readily inserted in position. In the preferred "embodiment of our invention we utilize clamping members 8 for theoutside of the rail and slightly difi'erent clamping members 9 for the inside thereof. The clamping members 8 have a plurality of dove-tail shaped projections 10 formed on the base thereof adapted to engage in turnthe upper recessi5 .on the outside of therail and a lower; smaller recess 11. he projectionsv 10 are also .ofless length than the width of the recesses 3, thereby permitting-the clamping members to. be dropped into position in the recesses and slid longitudinally outwardly so as to, extend partially into the vertical openings 6, Where a plurality of dove-tail The clamping members 9 for the inside of the rails are preferably narrower than the outside clamping members 8, and are proas illustrated, and the bolts 7 screwed into the recesses 6 to lock the clamping members in position. If desired, the ends of the clamping'members may be threaded to engage the bolts and provide supplemental locking means therefor. v In other instances, however, it may be desirable to incline the ends 14 of the clamping members, as shown in Fi 7, and provide the bolts 7 with conical heads 15 for engagement therewith. Due tothis construction, it will be apparent that a variable or adjustable clamping action can be exerted on the clamping members by the bolts to take up wear and prevent creeping of the rails.

, It will be apparent that if desired we may utilize the same type of clamping members on both the inside and outside of the rails to additionally strengthen the same. In ordinary straight track construction, however,

we have found that it is desirable to'provide the stronger supporting means on the outside of the rails to prevent spreading thereof.

The advantages of the present invention arise from the construction permitting the ready laying of track without the use of spikes.

Further advantages reside in the form of clamping members and locking means therefor, whereby the number of movable parts is decreasedto a minimum.

We cla1m: I

A. rail tie and fastener, comprising a tie having a longitudinally extending recess formed therein and closed at its ends,

said recess having undercut walls, clamping members having pro ect1ons adapted to slid- I ably engage the undercut walls of said recess, and bolt at each end ofsaid recess in direct engagement in the same horizontal plane with one of said clamping members 'onone side and one end wall of said recess on the other side to hold the clamping members in position and prevent longitudinal I movement thereof, substantially as described.

2., A rail tie and fastener, comprising a tie having at each end thereof transversely and longitudlnally extending recesses, the Y ends of said longitudinally extending recess, substantially as described.

cesses being closed and the side walls of said recesses being undercut, clamping members having dove-tail shaped projections formed thereon and adapted to be'inserted in said longitudinally extending recesses and adapted to slidably engage said undercut recesses, and locking bolts at the ends of said longitudinally extending recesses, each bolt engaging on diametrically opposite sides thereof and in the same horizontal plane an end wall of one of said longitudinally extendingrecesses and the end of one of said clamping members for holding the clamping members in position and preventing longitudinal movement thereof, substantially as described. y

3. A rail tie and fastener, comprising a tie having formed in its upper face adjacent each end thereof transversely and longitudinally extending recesses, the outer ends of said longitudinally extending recesses being closed and the side walls thereof being ing inclined outer ends, and locking bolts at i the ends of said longitudinally extending recesses, each bolt engaging on diametrically opposite sides thereof andin the same horizontal plane an end wall of one of said longitudinally extending recesses and the inclined end or" one of said clamps to hold the same in position and prevent longitudinal movement thereof, said bolts having tapered portions cooperating with said inclined ends on the clamps to force the same into engagement with the rails, substantially as described. 7

4. A rail tie and fastener, comprising a tie having formed in its upper face adjacent each end thereof a transversely extending recess for the reception of the base flange of the rail, and a longitudinally extending recess intersecting said first named recess for the reception of clamping members, said longitudinally extending recesses having their ends closed and having undercut walls. there being a supplemental. recess with undercut walls extending across .each of said transversely extending recesses and through out a portion of the length of each of said longitudinally extending recesses, and longitudinally movable clamping members slidable in said longitudinally extending re- In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

STEPHEN SUHAJDA. Y

KAROL ADAMOWSK]. THEODORE JOHN ADAMOWSKI. JOSEPH WALTER KUREY. 

